Arthur - "Emily Swallows a Horse"

Now, I'm going to review an episode of Arthur from the ninth season, "Emily Swallows a Horse."

The plot of the episode is that D.W. finds a sparkly ball outside and she and the Tibble Twins fight over who wants it, that is until the ball falls out of their hands and Emily takes it, and she lies to D.W. that it was given to her by Marie-Helene. D.W. finds this suspicious, while the Tibble Twins being the stupid and immature duo that they are, believe in her lies about Marie-Helene having halitosis and being at the hospital. Even when at the store when D.W. talks to Arthur about the situation, Arthur finds it skeptical to think it's all a lie, defending Emily and being accused of being a snowball thief. It isn't until her fears take the best of her when she is being chased by a giant D.W. over a tiny little ball! She meets of with the Old Lady who swallowed a fly, where she admits that she made all that stuff up and she never died, but on the other hand, she would eat a horse. Emily wakes up the next morning and she tells the truth to her friends, and the reason she lied in the first place because she wanted the ball, and after the trouble it caused her, she never wanted to see it again.

This is pretty much one of those post Season 5 episodes I keep coming back to. Emily is really a relate-able character, and she has her fears of telling the truth, and I got sucked into her dilemma and watched it from beginning to end, and I thought it was really good.

The funny thing is since the title card has the word "horse" in it, it has Buster imitating a horse in the title card despite the fact he wasn't in the episode.

I recommend this episode to not just Arthur fans, but also to people who have seen all the other cartoons that talk about telling the truth. The comedy is spot on, and the Tibble Twins are never out of character. Funny and educational all around.